＜ 9. The thief who stole the country (5) ＞
It was widely known among the users of ‘Dungeon of Infinity’ that a special reward would be obtained at any moment when a donation was made to the offering box. However, few users knew exactly what kind of compensation they received and on what criteria.
Andrea found the standard after examining numerous samples. He realized that he would earn a certain amount of points based on the amount of the donation.
1 point from 1 to 350 gold, 2 points from 351 to 600 gold, 3 points from 601 to 900 gold…
It was a format with a fairly messy distribution range without a certain rule. Users who were unaware of this fact thought it would be nice to donate a large amount recklessly and blew away their property.
However, according to the conclusion Andrea drew, it was best to donate 1 gold several times.
There was no way to prevent this trick. If you donate only 1 gold too often, an event will occur in which you will be kicked out by an enraged priest.
However, the condition for the event to occur is to make the 21st offering within the range of 1 point. Until the twentieth time, there were no other problems.
And twenty times was enough to get the reward Andrea wanted.
‘Because if I collect 20 points from the wave god, it will remove the quirk.’
“You deserve to stick a sea urchin down your throat! He wouldn’t be happy even if he was torn to pieces with shark food! Like a child with only sea cucumbers stuffed in his head!”
The swearing of the priest of the waves had a fresh taste. Andrea lightly waved at Julius.
“I’m so grateful to have blessed you so much.”
“If you steal the blessings of the waves god with that little money, you will surely be punished!”
“I don’t know what you are talking about, priest. Wasn’t the blessing I just received a direct gift from God?”
At Andrea’s calm question, the priest of the waves was speechless. As he said, the wave god gave him a blessing rather than a divine punishment.
In this case, you have to go hard. Andrea completely changed her complexion and pushed Julius.
“Or what, are you going to deny the will of God? If you serve God for a long time, do you think it’s okay to rebel like that sometimes?”
“I, I, do not deny the will of God…”
“And if you’re going to do business with the cost of grace, you have to keep your mental state a little straight. What would you do if you saw how innocent you were and spread rumors every time I met a challenger? The wave god’s grace is a waste of money, so never accept it, and you don’t even need to pay a penny for it.”
Julius’ face turned white. There were times when I was fed up with the attitude of casually blaspheming and threatening the priest, but I was even more afraid of the aftermath of the spread of rumors as he said.
‘It’s not just that the money line is cut off. How much gold did I spend on building this temple…’
Even during this conversation, a mysterious rainbow shimmered around Andrea because of the ‘Wave God’s Joy’ buff. It was clear evidence that the wave god had no will to reap the blessing, or that he was not paying attention to the situation at all.
In the end, Julius lowered his head and sighed.
“I’m sorry, Challenger. I was frivolous. Could you forgive the rudeness I just committed…?”
“Only in words?”
“What can I do?”
“Prepare a place for our party to stay and bring something to eat. Since the sea is right next to it, fresh seafood would be nice.”
Even without saying anything, he could clearly see what Julius was feeling. A lot of prominent veins on the forehead. Perhaps, as soon as Andrea leaves, he will inevitably gnashing his teeth and spitting out curses.
‘Well, it’s not something I know.’
“···All right. Do as you command.”
“Oh, and one more.”
Andrea raised her head arrogantly and gave an order to Julius while looking at her with a cold gaze.
“Hold your head and apologize for your words and actions that insulted the Shadow God. He is not someone you deserve to insult with your filthy tongue.”
*
The gods of ‘Dungeon of Infinity’ sometimes seem indifferent. Even if you openly insult a god you don’t worship like Julius did, you won’t be struck by lightning from the dry sky or a shadowy monster popping out to grab your head.
But that’s not because God doesn’t know what’s going on in the world. It’s just a petty insult from an insignificant creature, so I’m just passing it off.
Even the gods knew. The world is tough and humans are imperfect. If the gods hadn’t been so forgiving, the world might have already perished.
‘Well, it’s all settings in the game anyway.’
Anyway, because of that, Andrea thought that the action of asking for an apology would be more pleasing to the Shadow God. Even if one thing doesn’t work out well, if there is a servant who scolds the rude heretics and protects his god in this place full of people who curse God, he has no choice but to stand out.
‘The relationship between the Shadow God and the Shadow God seems really important for this class of believers. If God has an eye on me, then I should buy his favor whenever I get a chance like this.’
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No gift fell from the sky right away, but that guess was enough. Although it is possible that the wave god was displeased because he cheated and f*cked his own priest.
‘Well, how are you? Judging from the fact that he didn’t reap the blessing, it seems that the wave god wasn’t too happy with that priest.’
The other side insulted the god they worshiped first, so I decided to think of it as self-defense. Andrea returned to the shelter feeling relieved.
When I told him about what had happened downstairs, Marco leaned in and listened. At the part where Julius lowered his head and apologized, he clenched his fists and even stirred his entire body.
“It’s really the first time in my life that I’ve been so thrilled! Ha ha, I should have seen with my own eyes how close that fishy priest fell!”
Seeing him let out a boisterous laugh that I had never heard before, it seemed that he was really relieved. It wasn’t as much as Marco, but Trisha also had a pretty refreshed face.
“This guy with eyes that look like rotten fish made fun of me as if he was going to sell even the ashes of my ancestors with a tongue… but it ended up looking good. Well done, Andrea.”
The naturally protruding pad lip made her mind dizzy for a moment, but Andrea soon nodded in agreement. Originally, Trisha was a character that fit well with such a habit.
Andrea cheered up the atmosphere by clapping and threw the topic she wanted to bring up in earnest.
“Okay, so let’s talk about this. Shall we talk about the next floor?”
Tricia let out a sigh of relief from the ground, and Marco’s exhilaration from just a moment ago was nowhere to be found, and his body stiffened.
“…Yes, that again… Is it the floor where the ignorantly powerful monsters called boss monsters appear?”
30th floor. From Marco’s point of view, it was the second boss floor to greet. For Marco, who had previously been turned into porridge before he could do anything, there was no choice but to be traumatized.
It shouldn’t have happened before the fight. Andrea boosted Marco’s confidence.
“Mr. Marco, you don’t have to worry about being fooled like before, because you have a proper weapon this time. Rather, Marco holding the hammer is tactically the best in our party right now.”
He mechanically nodded as if he understood, but his expression still did not brighten. It was an area that Marco had to overcome alone from now on.
Andrea turned her head to Tricia.
“Tricia, what kind of boss was the boss you met on the 30th floor before?”
“yes? it was slime Incredibly huge.”
‘It must have been a king slime.’
King Slime, a prominent boss monster in the Slime family. If there were no trials, he would be the most easygoing boss, but if there were trials, it was the opposite.
‘Honestly, in the current situation, the king slime is the one I hate the most among the bosses that can appear on the 30th floor. Physical attacks don’t work well, and the damage is not enough, so even if it splits, it will split for a long time.’
Andrea first told Trisha what changes were made to King Slime’s patterns as trials were added so that Trisha wouldn’t be confused. After hearing all the grotesque patterns, Tricia pointed to her temples.
“I guess I’ll have to say he’s actually a different boss than the guy I’ve seen…”
“If trials are added, then what.”
“Okay, is that all there is to it?”
Trisha speaks as if she heard all the strategies. Andrea realized something was wrong.
“Uh… Trisha. Didn’t you know that a different boss monster could appear every time, even on the same floor?”
“what? Isn’t that slime the only thing that comes out on the 30th floor?”
It was the first time Trisha had climbed a dungeon, so it was understandable. Andrea explained that just as the monsters on the floor we passed through have changed, the boss monsters can also change.
“f*ck? Then, how many kinds can come out?”
There were five types of boss monsters that could appear on the 30th floor. Andrea asked Marco to listen and explained the patterns of all five bosses one by one.
“… Just before division, blue aura surrounds and vibrates tremendously, and at that time, as much damage as possible…”
“…So when you go back to the swamp, you must never look back and walk backwards…”
“…If you drop the horn, your stats will drop considerably, but it’s hard to touch that much…”
It took almost an hour to complete the explanation. Trisha looked tired, but focused until the end, and Marco seemed quite distracted.
Heck, Andrea didn’t experience it herself, but if someone explained it in an injectable way like this, she wouldn’t have the confidence to fully concentrate and memorize it.
Still, it’s a matter of life and death. Andrea called attention again.
“It must be a bit difficult to memorize because there is so much content. Please pay a little more attention though. When you go inside and face the boss monster, you will be really desperate for what I said.”
Meanwhile, Julius was grinding his teeth and climbing the stairs with seafood. Enraged, Julius agonized over how to trick the cheeky challenger.
‘No matter how much it is, you can’t feed poisonous food… If you kill in the temple, the waves god will be angry. Then, let’s serve some very unpleasant food.’
Julius prepared seafood that is rumored to be the cockroach of the sea and seafood that is called the devil’s fish. Even though it was prepared by myself, when I tried to fix it, I thought it was too much.
‘···Still, I can’t eat and get sick. Shall I sprinkle some coarse salt and some spices on it and bake it to sterilize it?’
Just like that, Julius took the food he cooked and stood in front of Andrea and the others.
“As you said, I cooked and brought seafood.”
Julius looked at Andrea’s expression, expecting it to distort into a mess.
Unexpectedly, however, Andrea had a very satisfied smile.
“The priest knows how to treat guests. Just looking at it makes my mouth water.”
‘What is it, are you bragging about being in front of me?’
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No matter how you looked at him with a suspicious gaze, Andrea looked really satisfied. In the end, Julius had no choice but to withdraw in a gloomy mood.
Or not, Andrea licked her lips and rolled up her sleeves to eat the grilled king salt shrimp and grilled octopus.
＜ 9. The thief who stole the country (5) ＞ End